Team’s Combined Professional Development

Best Practices for implementing Interoception based supports, Kelly Mahler, 2 hours (June 2024)

Online Introduction to the Low Arousal Approach Managing Behaviours of Concern - April 11, 2024 (Jill Wur), 6 hrs of professional instruction

Edmonton Autism online conference (February 2024), 12-15 hours online material

Therapeutic Listening - Listening with the Whole Body (Nov 3-4, 2023), Vital Links Live Webinar (Sheila Frick, Tracy Bjorling)

Anxiety Management in Children, Practical Challenges (Danielle Bayly, as presented by CAOT Jan 20-21, 2022)

Parent coaching Training Levels 1 & 2 (Sept 15-Oct 6, 2021 with JHMJ Coaching & Consulting)

Certificate Course to Integrate Primitive Reflexes for Optimal Function: Neurological Approaches from Early Intervention to Adolescence (PESI,

Assessing Social Competencies Using Social Thinking® Informal Dynamic Tasks Part 1 &2: Assessing Social Competencies with Practical Assessment Tools and Tasks (May 3 & 4, 2021 by Michelle Garcia Winner)

Play and Emotion, The Neufeld Institute (25 hours, May 2021)

Supporting Early Social & Communication Development through Parent Coaching (April 3, 2021 through ACT-BC with Pat Mirenda and other members of the PACE coaching team)

Therapeutic Listening - Listening with the whole body Live Webinar (March 14-15, 2021, Sheila Frick OTR/L Tracy Bjorling MS, OTR/L)

Trauma from Being Atypical Living in a Typical World - Kelly Mahler and Kim Clairy, Feb 8, 2021

How to Rock Your OT Telehealth Sessions with Common Household Items - Mary Kostka (FB page: Pediatric OT Private Practice Secrets); May 27, 2020

Introducing Social thinking Concepts to 4-7 year olds, Part 1: Foundations for Early learners - Teaching thoughts, feelings, and The Group Plan (Nov 2020)

Kelly Mahler: Custom Workshop on supporting our clients to build Interoceptive Awareness (Oct 18-19, 2020)

Parent Coaching - “What’s is about?”, the coaching plan, coaching characteristics - A four part introduction pilot series by Janet Harder (April 2, 3, 6, 7, 2020)

Telehealth: The New Normal in the Age of Coronavirus - Tracey Davis, MOT, OTR/L (April 2nd, 2020)

Play and Attachment, The Neufeld Institute (20 hours, Feb 2020)

Play 101, the Neufeld Institute (8 hours, Dec 2019)

Kim Barthel (OT) presenting “Seeing and Moving: Vestibular Visual course” April 27-29, 2019

Building the Brain: A neurobiological approach to assessment and intervention (Vancouver, March 8-9, 2019, Robin Harwell)

Childhood autism spectrum disorder: Best occupational therapy practice - Vancouver BC (Nov 2-3, 2018)

Behaviour Interventionist training (offered through Autism Awareness)

Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Function Skills: Sarah Ward (May 3, 2018; repeated with new staff in September 25 & 26, 2019)

Two Days of Social Thinking: Michelle Garcia Winner & Pamela Crooke (August 4-5, 2016 course in Vancouver)

The Social Competency Model: Teaching Social Competencies, More Than Social Skills (2018)

Integrated Listening System (Practitioner Training)

Sensory Integration and Praxis Test 200 hour Certification with University of Southern California (2015)

Kim Barthel (OT) presenting “Seeing, Moving, Learning - Vestibular and Visual Senses” (Fraser Valley, March 6 & 7, 2015)

Zones of Regulation (November 2016) 

Solving Sleep Problems in ASD - Helping Parents and their children get the sleep they need (Beth A. Malow, June 20, 2014)

Gordon Neufeld Institute: Intensives Level 1, 2, and 3, and specific Advanced Studies courses on: Anxiety, Adolescence

Self-Regulation bookclub (based on Stuart Shanker’s book ‘Calm, Alert, and Learning’)

Province-wide Pediatric Mental Health special interest group (2013-14)

Kim Barthel (OT) presenting “Connections: Treatment of Sensory Processing Disorders” (Kamloops, February 2009)

Kim Barthel (OT) presenting “Setting the Stage for Function” (Kamloops, October 23-24, 2006)

Pre- 2014: Diana Sharpe took Pat Mirenda’s course (Beyond Wants and Needs, supporting social interactions between students with ASD and their peers), two days of ‘Reference and Regulate’ with David Lloyst, two days ‘Going to the Heart of Autism’ with Dr. Steven Gutstein, and many other workshops including those on father involvement, why early identification of ASD is important (presented at Simon Fraser University).